It’ll be two years this spring since I last worked in an office. There’s been some good times with 23 weeks worth of travel and some down times with periods of boredom. But if boredom is the worst of it, then time away from work isn’t so bad. I was able to write a book, spend […]
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There is a void in early retirement you might experience. This void in early retirement needs to be filled if you want to feel happy and productive. Over the past one and a half years since leaving Corporate America in 2012, I’ve done some deep thinking about early retirement through posts such as: When you’re
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There’s an old saying that one should, “Make hay when the sun is shining.” Do you work harder or relax more during good times? When I was in my 20s I had two modes of work ethic. 1) Work hard and 2) Work harder. I’d wake up around 4:30am every morning in NYC from 1999-2001
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Company off-sites are important to boost business and morale. Ever year, Financial Samurai goes on a company off-site to plan fo the following year. The sun now sets at 5pm and it only gets to a high of ~64 degrees nowadays in San Francisco. Despite the cold, winter is one of the best seasons in
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The following is a guest post by freelance illustrator, designer, and writer Colleen Kong-Savage. There’s nobody more adept at getting things done like a single mother and I’m very pleased to read her point of view. American society doesn’t think very highly of mothers. Only five nations in the whole big fat world do not
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If your parents went to college, they’ll probably influence you to get a college degree as well. For those of you who will be the first in your family to go to college, or if you’re just wondering if college is worth it, read on. First I want to point out two realizations that came
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Why do we discredit other people’s achievements? Instead, we should try to be nicer to people, especially after a global pandemic. People discrediting other’s achievements is so annoying that I’ve got to discuss this strange phenomenon. There are two main ways of getting ahead. The first way is to do everything you can to improve
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Making money from home is more important than ever thanks to the pandemic. If you have children to support, then making money from home is what you need to do. Why wife and I have been making money from home technically since 2009. 2009 is when Financial Samurai started. Since 2009, Financial Samurai has grown
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If you want to have a successful career, you need to understand how employers take advantage of employees to save money. Ever since hobnobbing with Marissa Mayer at her penthouse party, I could tell she was destined to do bigger things than just be an early Google employee. Since taking the reins at Yahoo!, the
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Do you want to achieve financial success in your 20s? Believe it or not, you can make good money at a young age and by taking an untraditional route. Here’s one woman’s story on how she was able to reach a $200,000+ net worth by age 29. Perhaps her story will inspire you to achieve
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